Sault Ste. Marie (provincial electoral district)

Sault Ste. Marie

Ontario electoral district
Sault Ste. Marie in relation to other Northern Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	David Orazietti Liberal
District created	1890
First contested	1890
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Population (2001)	74,566
Electors (2007)	57,907
Area (km²)	247
Pop. density (per km²)	301.9
Census divisions	Sault Ste. Marie
Census subdivisions	Sault Ste. Marie

Sault Ste. Marie is a provincial electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1890 when it was created. The electoral district consists of the City of Sault Ste. Marie, bounded by Prince Township, and the Rankin Indian Reserve 15D.

In 1996, Ontario was divided into the same electoral districts as those used for federal electoral purposes. They were redistributed whenever a readjustment took place at the federal level.

In 2005, legislation was passed by the Legislature to divide Ontario into 107 electoral districts, beginning with the next provincial election in 2007. The eleven northern electoral districts, including Sault Ste. Marie, are those defined for federal purposes in 1996, based on the 1991 census (except for a minor boundary adjustment). The 96 southern electoral districts are those defined for federal electoral purposes in 2003, based on the 2001 census. Without this legislation, the number of electoral districts in northern Ontario would have been reduced from eleven to ten.

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
10th	1902–1903		Andrew Miscampbell	Conservative
	1903–1904		Charles Napier Smith	Liberal
11th	1904–1908
12th	1908–1911		William Hearst	Conservative
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923		James Cunningham	Labour
16th	1923–1926		James Lyons	Conservative
17th	1926–1929
18th	1929–1934
19th	1934–1937		Augustus Roberts	Liberal
20th	1937		Richard McMeekin	Liberal
	1937–1943		Colin Campbell	Liberal
21st	1943–1945		George Isaac Harvey	Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1954		Clayton Lyons	Progressive Conservative
	1954–1955
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1962
	1963		Arthur Wishart	Progressive Conservative
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975		John Rhodes	Progressive Conservative
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1978
	1978–1981		Russ Ramsay	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987		Karl Morin-Strom	New Democrat
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995		Tony Martin	New Democrat
36th	1995–1999
37th	1999–2003
38th	2003–2007		David Orazietti	Liberal
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–present

Election results

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	David Orazietti	16,104	54.95	-5.20
	New Democratic	Celia Ross	9,047	30.87	+4.48
	Progressive Conservative	Jib Turner	3,467	11.83	+4.58
	Green	Luke Macmichael	519	1.77	-2.55
	Family Coalition	Matthew Hunt	172	0.59	-1.29
Total valid votes			29,309	100.00

Note: the 2011 election was held on October 6, 2011. Preliminary results.

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	David Orazietti	19,313	60.15	3.11
	New Democratic	Jeff Arbus	8,474	26.39	-5.98
	Progressive Conservative	Josh Pringle	2,329	7.25	-0.36
	Green	André Riopel	1,386	4.32	3.07
	Family Coalition	Bill Murphy	605	1.88	0.16
Total valid votes			32,107	100.00

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	David Orazietti	20,050	57.04	+29.45
	New Democratic	Tony Martin	11,379	32.37	-10.86
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Willson	2,674	7.61	-20.79
	Family Coalition	Al Walker	606	1.72
	Green	Dan Brosemer	441	1.25
Total valid votes			35,150	100.00

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Tony Martin	15,949	43.23
	Progressive Conservative	James Caicco	10,477	28.4
	Liberal	Terry Sheehan	10,180	27.59
	Natural Law	Colleen Hibbs	288	0.78
Total valid votes			36,894	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	22,830	73.8
	Mixed member proportional	8,105	26.2
	Total valid votes	30,935	100.0

Sources

• Elections Ontario
  • 1999 results
  • 2003 results
  • 2007 results
  • 2011 preliminary results